'''Jackanory''' was a children's television program on BBC. The series featured an series of episodes dedicated to ''[[The Hobbit]]'' which aired from January 15, [[1979]] to an undetermined date the same year. It is narrated by Maurice Denham, Jan Francis and David Wood, and stars [[Bernard Cribbins]] as [[Bilbo Baggins]]. The episodes were named after chapters in ''The Hobbit'':

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# [[An Unexpected Party]]

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# [[Over Hill and Under Hill]]

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# [[Riddles in the Dark]]

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| director=[[Roger Singleton-Turner]]

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# [[Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire]]

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| producer=Anna Home, Angela Beeching

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# [[Flies and Spiders]]

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| writer=[[Roger Singleton-Turner]]

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# [[Barrels Out of Bond]]

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# [[Inside Information]]

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# [[Fire and Water]]

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| music= [[Alan Roper]]

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# [[The Clouds Burst]]

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# [[The Last Stage]]

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'''Jackanory''' is a children's television program on the [[BBC]], in which stories are read to children. Over the years, many actors provided the part of narrator, including [[Brian Blessed]], [[David Buck]], [[Judi Dench]], [[Marian Diamond]], [[Michael Hordern]], [[Martin Jarvis]], [[Ian McKellen]] and [[Prunella Scales]].

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Due to a copyright battle with the [[Tolkien Estate]], this adaptation is no longer available.

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==The Hobbit==

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===Description===

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The 3,000th programme begins a special presentation in ten parts, with four storytellers, of ''The Hobbit''. In the search for dragon-guarded gold, [[Bilbo Baggins]] and [[Thorin and Company|13 dwarves]] encounter [[trolls]], [[Orcs|goblins]], [[elves]] and giant [[spiders]] - and many other adventures.<ref>Radio Times, Volume 225, No. 2916, [[27 September|September 27]], [[1979]]</ref>

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===Episodes===

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The ten episodes were aired on BBC1, on weekdays from 4:25 to 4:40 PM

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# [[1 October|October 1]]: ''An Unexpected Party''

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# [[2 October|October 2]]: ''Over Hill and Under Hill''

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# [[3 October|October 3]]: ''Riddles in the Dark''

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# [[4 October|October 4]]: ''Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire''

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# [[5 October|October 5]]: ''Flies and Spiders''

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# [[8 October|October 8]]: ''Barrels Out of Bond''

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# [[9 October|October 9]]: ''Inside Information''

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# [[10 October|October 10]]: ''Fire and Water''

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# [[11 October|October 11]]: ''The Clouds Burst''

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# [[12 October|October 12]]: ''The Last Stage''

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Due to a copyright battle with the [[Tolkien Estate]], this adaptation was never released on VHS.

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The Hobbit

Description

The 3,000th programme begins a special presentation in ten parts, with four storytellers, of The Hobbit. In the search for dragon-guarded gold, Bilbo Baggins and 13 dwarves encounter trolls, goblins, elves and giant spiders - and many other adventures.[1]